rails 4.0.0 → 4.2.11.3

data/guides/source/active_job_basics.md

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+Active Job Basics
+=================
+
+This guide provides you with all you need to get started in creating,
+enqueueing and executing background jobs.
+
+After reading this guide, you will know:
+
+* How to create jobs.
+* How to enqueue jobs.
+* How to run jobs in the background.
+* How to send emails from your application async.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+Active Job is a framework for declaring jobs and making them run on a variety
+of queueing backends. These jobs can be everything from regularly scheduled
+clean-ups, to billing charges, to mailings. Anything that can be chopped up
+into small units of work and run in parallel, really.
+
+
+The Purpose of Active Job
+-----------------------------
+The main point is to ensure that all Rails apps will have a job infrastructure
+in place, even if it's in the form of an "immediate runner". We can then have
+framework features and other gems build on top of that, without having to
+worry about API differences between various job runners such as Delayed Job
+and Resque. Picking your queuing backend becomes more of an operational concern,
+then. And you'll be able to switch between them without having to rewrite your jobs.
+
+
+Creating a Job
+--------------
+
+This section will provide a step-by-step guide to creating a job and enqueuing it.
+
+### Create the Job
+
+Active Job provides a Rails generator to create jobs. The following will create a
+job in `app/jobs` (with an attached test case under `test/jobs`):
+
+```bash
+$ bin/rails generate job guests_cleanup
+invoke  test_unit
+create    test/jobs/guests_cleanup_job_test.rb
+create  app/jobs/guests_cleanup_job.rb
+```
+
+You can also create a job that will run on a specific queue:
+
+```bash
+$ bin/rails generate job guests_cleanup --queue urgent
+```
+
+If you don't want to use a generator, you could create your own file inside of
+`app/jobs`, just make sure that it inherits from `ActiveJob::Base`.
+
+Here's what a job looks like:
+
+```ruby
+class GuestsCleanupJob < ActiveJob::Base
+  queue_as :default
+
+  def perform(*guests)
+    # Do something later
+  end
+end
+```
+
+Note that you can define `perform` with as many arguments as you want.
+
+### Enqueue the Job
+
+Enqueue a job like so:
+
+```ruby
+# Enqueue a job to be performed as soon the queuing system is
+# free.
+GuestsCleanupJob.perform_later guest
+```
+
+```ruby
+# Enqueue a job to be performed tomorrow at noon.
+GuestsCleanupJob.set(wait_until: Date.tomorrow.noon).perform_later(guest)
+```
+
+```ruby
+# Enqueue a job to be performed 1 week from now.
+GuestsCleanupJob.set(wait: 1.week).perform_later(guest)
+```
+
+```ruby
+# `perform_now` and `perform_later` will call `perform` under the hood so
+# you can pass as many arguments as defined in the latter.
+GuestsCleanupJob.perform_later(guest1, guest2, filter: 'some_filter')
+```
+
+That's it!
+
+Job Execution
+-------------
+
+If no adapter is set, the job is immediately executed.
+
+### Backends
+
+Active Job has built-in adapters for multiple queueing backends (Sidekiq,
+Resque, Delayed Job and others). To get an up-to-date list of the adapters
+see the API Documentation for [ActiveJob::QueueAdapters](http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveJob/QueueAdapters.html).
+
+### Setting the Backend
+
+You can easily set your queueing backend:
+
+```ruby
+# config/application.rb
+module YourApp
+  class Application < Rails::Application
+    # Be sure to have the adapter's gem in your Gemfile and follow
+    # the adapter's specific installation and deployment instructions.
+    config.active_job.queue_adapter = :sidekiq
+  end
+end
+```
+
+
+Queues
+------
+
+Most of the adapters support multiple queues. With Active Job you can schedule
+the job to run on a specific queue:
+
+```ruby
+class GuestsCleanupJob < ActiveJob::Base
+  queue_as :low_priority
+  #....
+end
+```
+
+You can prefix the queue name for all your jobs using
+`config.active_job.queue_name_prefix` in `application.rb`:
+
+```ruby
+# config/application.rb
+module YourApp
+  class Application < Rails::Application
+    config.active_job.queue_name_prefix = Rails.env
+  end
+end
+
+# app/jobs/guests_cleanup.rb
+class GuestsCleanupJob < ActiveJob::Base
+  queue_as :low_priority
+  #....
+end
+
+# Now your job will run on queue production_low_priority on your
+# production environment and on staging_low_priority on your staging
+# environment
+```
+
+The default queue name prefix delimiter is '\_'.  This can be changed by setting
+`config.active_job.queue_name_delimiter` in `application.rb`:
+
+```ruby
+# config/application.rb
+module YourApp
+  class Application < Rails::Application
+    config.active_job.queue_name_prefix = Rails.env
+    config.active_job.queue_name_delimiter = '.'
+  end
+end
+
+# app/jobs/guests_cleanup.rb
+class GuestsCleanupJob < ActiveJob::Base
+  queue_as :low_priority
+  #....
+end
+
+# Now your job will run on queue production.low_priority on your
+# production environment and on staging.low_priority on your staging
+# environment
+```
+
+If you want more control on what queue a job will be run you can pass a `:queue`
+option to `#set`:
+
+```ruby
+MyJob.set(queue: :another_queue).perform_later(record)
+```
+
+To control the queue from the job level you can pass a block to `#queue_as`. The
+block will be executed in the job context (so you can access `self.arguments`)
+and you must return the queue name:
+
+```ruby
+class ProcessVideoJob < ActiveJob::Base
+  queue_as do
+    video = self.arguments.first
+    if video.owner.premium?
+      :premium_videojobs
+    else
+      :videojobs
+    end
+  end
+
+  def perform(video)
+    # do process video
+  end
+end
+
+ProcessVideoJob.perform_later(Video.last)
+```
+
+NOTE: Make sure your queueing backend "listens" on your queue name. For some
+backends you need to specify the queues to listen to.
+
+
+Callbacks
+---------
+
+Active Job provides hooks during the lifecycle of a job. Callbacks allow you to
+trigger logic during the lifecycle of a job.
+
+### Available callbacks
+
+* `before_enqueue`
+* `around_enqueue`
+* `after_enqueue`
+* `before_perform`
+* `around_perform`
+* `after_perform`
+
+### Usage
+
+```ruby
+class GuestsCleanupJob < ActiveJob::Base
+  queue_as :default
+
+  before_enqueue do |job|
+    # do something with the job instance
+  end
+
+  around_perform do |job, block|
+    # do something before perform
+    block.call
+    # do something after perform
+  end
+
+  def perform
+    # Do something later
+  end
+end
+```
+
+
+Action Mailer
+------------
+
+One of the most common jobs in a modern web application is sending emails outside
+of the request-response cycle, so the user doesn't have to wait on it. Active Job
+is integrated with Action Mailer so you can easily send emails asynchronously:
+
+```ruby
+# If you want to send the email now use #deliver_now
+UserMailer.welcome(@user).deliver_now
+
+# If you want to send the email through Active Job use #deliver_later
+UserMailer.welcome(@user).deliver_later
+```
+
+
+Internationalization
+--------------------
+
+Each job uses the `I18n.locale` set when the job was created. Useful if you send
+emails asynchronously:
+
+```ruby
+I18n.locale = :eo
+
+UserMailer.welcome(@user).deliver_later # Email will be localized to Esparanto.
+```
+
+
+GlobalID
+--------
+
+Active Job supports GlobalID for parameters. This makes it possible to pass live
+Active Record objects to your job instead of class/id pairs, which you then have
+to manually deserialize. Before, jobs would look like this:
+
+```ruby
+class TrashableCleanupJob < ActiveJob::Base
+  def perform(trashable_class, trashable_id, depth)
+    trashable = trashable_class.constantize.find(trashable_id)
+    trashable.cleanup(depth)
+  end
+end
+```
+
+Now you can simply do:
+
+```ruby
+class TrashableCleanupJob < ActiveJob::Base
+  def perform(trashable, depth)
+    trashable.cleanup(depth)
+  end
+end
+```
+
+This works with any class that mixes in `GlobalID::Identification`, which
+by default has been mixed into Active Model classes.
+
+
+Exceptions
+----------
+
+Active Job provides a way to catch exceptions raised during the execution of the
+job:
+
+```ruby
+
+class GuestsCleanupJob < ActiveJob::Base
+  queue_as :default
+
+  rescue_from(ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound) do |exception|
+   # do something with the exception
+  end
+
+  def perform
+    # Do something later
+  end
+end
+```

data/guides/source/active_model_basics.md

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 Active Model Basics
 ===================
 
-This guide should provide you with all you need to get started using model classes. Active Model allows for Action Pack helpers to interact with non-Active Record models. Active Model also helps building custom ORMs for use outside of the Rails framework.
+This guide should provide you with all you need to get started using model
+classes. Active Model allows for Action Pack helpers to interact with
+plain Ruby objects. Active Model also helps build custom ORMs for use
+outside of the Rails framework.
 
-After reading this guide, you will know:
+After reading this guide, you will be able to add to plain Ruby objects:
+
+* The ability to behave like an Active Record model.
+* Callbacks and validations like Active Record.
+* Serializers.
+* Integration with the Rails internationalization (i18n) framework.
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Introduction
 ------------
 
-Active Model is a library containing various modules used in developing frameworks that need to interact with the Rails Action Pack library. Active Model provides a known set of interfaces for usage in classes. Some of modules are explained below.
+Active Model is a library containing various modules used in developing
+classes that need some features present on Active Record.
+Some of these modules are explained below.
 
-### AttributeMethods
+### Attribute Methods
 
-The AttributeMethods module can add custom prefixes and suffixes on methods of a class. It is used by defining the prefixes and suffixes, which methods on the object will use them.
+The `ActiveModel::AttributeMethods` module can add custom prefixes and suffixes
+on methods of a class. It is used by defining the prefixes and suffixes and
+which methods on the object will use them.
 
 ```ruby
 class Person
@@ -38,14 +50,17 @@ end
 
 person = Person.new
 person.age = 110
-person.age_highest?  # true
-person.reset_age     # 0
-person.age_highest?  # false
+person.age_highest?  # => true
+person.reset_age     # => 0
+person.age_highest?  # => false
 ```
 
 ### Callbacks
 
-Callbacks gives Active Record style callbacks. This provides the ability to define the callbacks and those will run at appropriate time. After defining a callbacks you can wrap with before, after and around custom methods.
+`ActiveModel::Callbacks` gives Active Record style callbacks. This provides an
+ability to define callbacks which run at appropriate times.
+After defining callbacks, you can wrap them with before, after and around
+custom methods.
 
 ```ruby
 class Person
@@ -57,19 +72,21 @@ class Person
 
   def update
     run_callbacks(:update) do
-      # This will call when we are trying to call update on object.
+      # This method is called when update is called on an object.
     end
   end
 
   def reset_me
-    # This method will call when you are calling update on object as a before_update callback as defined.
+    # This method is called when update is called on an object as a before_update callback is defined.
   end
 end
 ```
 
 ### Conversion
 
-If a class defines `persisted?` and `id` methods then you can include `Conversion` module in that class and you can able to call Rails conversion methods to objects of that class.
+If a class defines `persisted?` and `id` methods, then you can include the
+`ActiveModel::Conversion` module in that class and call the Rails conversion
+methods on objects of that class.
 
 ```ruby
 class Person
@@ -92,11 +109,13 @@ person.to_param            # => nil
 
 ### Dirty
 
-An object becomes dirty when it has gone through one or more changes to its attributes and has not been saved. This gives the ability to check whether an object has been changed or not. It also has attribute based accessor methods. Let's consider a Person class with attributes `first_name` and `last_name`:
+An object becomes dirty when it has gone through one or more changes to its
+attributes and has not been saved. `ActiveModel::Dirty` gives the ability to
+check whether an object has been changed or not. It also has attribute based
+accessor methods. Let's consider a Person class with attributes `first_name`
+and `last_name`:
 
 ```ruby
-require 'active_model'
-
 class Person
   include ActiveModel::Dirty
   define_attribute_methods :first_name, :last_name
@@ -120,8 +139,8 @@ class Person
   end
 
   def save
-    @previously_changed = changes
     # do save work...
+    changes_applied
   end
 end
 ```
@@ -162,10 +181,11 @@ Track what was the previous value of the attribute.
 
 ```ruby
 # attr_name_was accessor
-person.first_name_was # => "First Name"
+person.first_name_was # => nil
 ```
 
-Track both previous and current value of the changed attribute. Returns an array if changed, else returns nil.
+Track both previous and current value of the changed attribute. Returns an array
+if changed, else returns nil.
 
 ```ruby
 # attr_name_change
@@ -175,7 +195,8 @@ person.last_name_change # => nil
 
 ### Validations
 
-Validations module adds the ability to class objects to validate them in Active Record style.
+`ActiveModel::Validations` module adds the ability to validate class objects
+like in Active Record.
 
 ```ruby
 class Person
@@ -188,7 +209,8 @@ class Person
   validates! :token, presence: true
 end
 
-person = Person.new(token: "2b1f325")
+person = Person.new
+person.token = "2b1f325"
 person.valid?                        # => false
 person.name = 'vishnu'
 person.email = 'me'
@@ -198,3 +220,335 @@ person.valid?                        # => true
 person.token = nil
 person.valid?                        # => raises ActiveModel::StrictValidationFailed
 ```
+
+### Naming
+
+`ActiveModel::Naming` adds a number of class methods which make the naming and routing
+easier to manage. The module defines the `model_name` class method which
+will define a number of accessors using some `ActiveSupport::Inflector` methods.
+
+```ruby
+class Person
+  extend ActiveModel::Naming
+end
+
+Person.model_name.name                # => "Person"
+Person.model_name.singular            # => "person"
+Person.model_name.plural              # => "people"
+Person.model_name.element             # => "person"
+Person.model_name.human               # => "Person"
+Person.model_name.collection          # => "people"
+Person.model_name.param_key           # => "person"
+Person.model_name.i18n_key            # => :person
+Person.model_name.route_key           # => "people"
+Person.model_name.singular_route_key  # => "person"
+```
+
+### Model
+
+`ActiveModel::Model` adds the ability to a class to work with Action Pack and
+Action View right out of the box.
+
+```ruby
+class EmailContact
+  include ActiveModel::Model
+
+  attr_accessor :name, :email, :message
+  validates :name, :email, :message, presence: true
+
+  def deliver
+    if valid?
+      # deliver email
+    end
+  end
+end
+```
+
+When including `ActiveModel::Model` you get some features like:
+
+- model name introspection
+- conversions
+- translations
+- validations
+
+It also gives you the ability to initialize an object with a hash of attributes,
+much like any Active Record object.
+
+```ruby
+email_contact = EmailContact.new(name: 'David',
+                                 email: 'david@example.com',
+                                 message: 'Hello World')
+email_contact.name       # => 'David'
+email_contact.email      # => 'david@example.com'
+email_contact.valid?     # => true
+email_contact.persisted? # => false
+```
+
+Any class that includes `ActiveModel::Model` can be used with `form_for`,
+`render` and any other Action View helper methods, just like Active Record
+objects.
+
+### Serialization
+
+`ActiveModel::Serialization` provides a basic serialization for your object.
+You need to declare an attributes hash which contains the attributes you want to
+serialize. Attributes must be strings, not symbols.
+
+```ruby
+class Person
+  include ActiveModel::Serialization
+
+  attr_accessor :name
+
+  def attributes
+    {'name' => nil}
+  end
+end
+```
+
+Now you can access a serialized hash of your object using the `serializable_hash`.
+
+```ruby
+person = Person.new
+person.serializable_hash   # => {"name"=>nil}
+person.name = "Bob"
+person.serializable_hash   # => {"name"=>"Bob"}
+```
+
+#### ActiveModel::Serializers
+
+Rails provides two serializers `ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON` and
+`ActiveModel::Serializers::Xml`. Both of these modules automatically include
+the `ActiveModel::Serialization`.
+
+##### ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON
+
+To use the `ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON` you only need to change from
+`ActiveModel::Serialization` to `ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON`.
+
+```ruby
+class Person
+  include ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON
+
+  attr_accessor :name
+
+  def attributes
+    {'name' => nil}
+  end
+end
+```
+
+With the `as_json` you have a hash representing the model.
+
+```ruby
+person = Person.new
+person.as_json # => {"name"=>nil}
+person.name = "Bob"
+person.as_json # => {"name"=>"Bob"}
+```
+
+From a JSON string you define the attributes of the model.
+You need to have the `attributes=` method defined on your class:
+
+```ruby
+class Person
+  include ActiveModel::Serializers::JSON
+
+  attr_accessor :name
+
+  def attributes=(hash)
+    hash.each do |key, value|
+      send("#{key}=", value)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def attributes
+    {'name' => nil}
+  end
+end
+```
+
+Now it is possible to create an instance of person and set the attributes using `from_json`.
+
+```ruby
+json = { name: 'Bob' }.to_json
+person = Person.new
+person.from_json(json) # => #<Person:0x00000100c773f0 @name="Bob">
+person.name            # => "Bob"
+```
+
+##### ActiveModel::Serializers::Xml
+
+To use the `ActiveModel::Serializers::Xml` you only need to change from
+`ActiveModel::Serialization` to `ActiveModel::Serializers::Xml`.
+
+```ruby
+class Person
+  include ActiveModel::Serializers::Xml
+
+  attr_accessor :name
+
+  def attributes
+    {'name' => nil}
+  end
+end
+```
+
+With the `to_xml` you have a XML representing the model.
+
+```ruby
+person = Person.new
+person.to_xml # => "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<person>\n  <name nil=\"true\"/>\n</person>\n"
+person.name = "Bob"
+person.to_xml # => "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<person>\n  <name>Bob</name>\n</person>\n"
+```
+
+From a XML string you define the attributes of the model.
+You need to have the `attributes=` method defined on your class:
+
+```ruby
+class Person
+  include ActiveModel::Serializers::Xml
+
+  attr_accessor :name
+
+  def attributes=(hash)
+    hash.each do |key, value|
+      send("#{key}=", value)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def attributes
+    {'name' => nil}
+  end
+end
+```
+
+Now it is possible to create an instance of person and set the attributes using `from_xml`.
+
+```ruby
+xml = { name: 'Bob' }.to_xml
+person = Person.new
+person.from_xml(xml) # => #<Person:0x00000100c773f0 @name="Bob">
+person.name          # => "Bob"
+```
+
+### Translation
+
+`ActiveModel::Translation` provides integration between your object and the Rails
+internationalization (i18n) framework.
+
+```ruby
+class Person
+  extend ActiveModel::Translation
+end
+```
+
+With the `human_attribute_name` you can transform attribute names into a more
+human format. The human format is defined in your locale file.
+
+* config/locales/app.pt-BR.yml
+
+  ```yml
+  pt-BR:
+    activemodel:
+      attributes:
+        person:
+          name: 'Nome'
+  ```
+
+```ruby
+Person.human_attribute_name('name') # => "Nome"
+```
+
+### Lint Tests
+
+`ActiveModel::Lint::Tests` allow you to test whether an object is compliant with
+the Active Model API.
+
+* app/models/person.rb
+
+    ```ruby
+    class Person
+      include ActiveModel::Model
+
+    end
+    ```
+
+* test/models/person_test.rb
+
+    ```ruby
+    require 'test_helper'
+
+    class PersonTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+      include ActiveModel::Lint::Tests
+
+      def setup
+        @model = Person.new
+      end
+    end
+    ```
+
+```bash
+$ rake test
+
+Run options: --seed 14596
+
+# Running:
+
+......
+
+Finished in 0.024899s, 240.9735 runs/s, 1204.8677 assertions/s.
+
+6 runs, 30 assertions, 0 failures, 0 errors, 0 skips
+```
+
+An object is not required to implement all APIs in order to work with
+Action Pack. This module only intends to provide guidance in case you want all
+features out of the box.
+
+### SecurePassword
+
+`ActiveModel::SecurePassword` provides a way to securely store any
+password in an encrypted form. On including this module, a
+`has_secure_password` class method is provided which defines
+an accessor named `password` with certain validations on it.
+
+#### Requirements
+
+`ActiveModel::SecurePassword` depends on the [`bcrypt`](https://github.com/codahale/bcrypt-ruby 'BCrypt'),
+so include this gem in your Gemfile to use `ActiveModel::SecurePassword` correctly.
+In order to make this work, the model must have an accessor named `password_digest`.
+The `has_secure_password` will add the following validations on the `password` accessor:
+
+1. Password should be present.
+2. Password should be equal to its confirmation.
+3. This maximum length of a password is 72 (required by `bcrypt` on which ActiveModel::SecurePassword depends)
+
+#### Examples
+
+```ruby
+class Person
+  include ActiveModel::SecurePassword
+  has_secure_password
+  attr_accessor :password_digest
+end
+
+person = Person.new
+
+# When password is blank.
+person.valid? # => false
+
+# When the confirmation doesn't match the password.
+person.password = 'aditya'
+person.password_confirmation = 'nomatch'
+person.valid? # => false
+
+# When the length of password, exceeds 72.
+person.password = person.password_confirmation = 'a' * 100
+person.valid? # => false
+
+# When all validations are passed.
+person.password = person.password_confirmation = 'aditya'
+person.valid? # => true
+```